Ø 1I TOOL: Survey of Staff Attitudes Toward ASP and Current Practices

Tools and Resources

Purpose: To assess prescribers' perceptions about antimicrobial resistance, including the scope of the problem, antibiotic prescribing practices, and thoughts about antimicrobial stewardship programs. This information should inform implementation strategies and identify education needs.

Source: Developed by Greater New York Health Association/United Health Fund ERASE C. difficile Project team. Based on the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. Available at http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/patientsafetyculture/hospsurvindex.htm.

Instructions: Have prescribers complete the survey. Consider handing it out and collecting it at a faculty meeting or Grand Rounds where they are already gathered. Tally results for use by the ASP team and clinical educators. Also consider presenting survey results to prescribers to provide feedback about the collective attitudes and perceptions in your facility.

Note: The survey is separate from these instructions so that it may be easily duplicated for use.

ERASE-C. diff. Antimicrobial Stewardship Survey

(This survey is designed to be administered pre- and postintervention and to both intervention and control institutions.)

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about your institution.

Antimicrobial Resistance: Scope of the Problem and Key Contributors

Statement

StronglyDisagree

Disagree

Neither

Agree

StronglyAgree

1. Antibiotic resistance is a problem in this institution.

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2. Patient rooms are cleaned according to hospital cleaning protocol once a C. difficile patient has been discharged.

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3. Adherence to hand hygiene protocols is excellent at this institution.

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4. Adherence to isolation and contact precautions is excellent at this institution.

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5. This institution does NOT do enough to control the development of C. difficile.